Police to hold news conference on Texas player’s shooting

NBCDFW 5 News The security footage appears to show Taylor jumping up and down on a windshield in the dealership’s lot after trespassing into the Classic GMC Buick at around 1 a.m. A Taser was also used, but the sequence of events is still not known.

“The facts available today do not answer all questions or alleviate all concerns”, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said during a news conference.

He stressed it “in no way diminishes my confidence in the Arlington police department’s ability” to investigate.

Arlington police officer Brad Miller, who is white, is on administrative leave after the early Friday shooting of 19-year-old Christian Taylor, who is black.

Surveillance video from a auto dealership shows the moments right before Christian Taylor, an unarmed, black college football player, was shot and killed by Arlington police. The story the police told in the immediate aftermath had Taylor attempting to burglarize a auto dealership, while crashing his vehicle through the shop window. The video backs up their claim. According to police, officers were responding to a burglary call when they discovered someone had driven a vehicle through a Buick dealership, NBC DFW reports. Taylor was black and Miller is white, and the deadly shooting came nearly one year to the day after the death of Michael Brown led to protests nationwide and discussions about race and police shootings. At some point during the struggle, an officer shot Taylor.

“Officers established a perimeter and approached the suspect inside”, he said.

Miller, 49, has been with the Arlington Police Department since last September and has been working under the supervision of a training officer since his graduation from the police academy in March, according to police.

Rodriguez says Miller had no prior police experience before he joined the Arlington Police Department. Miller fired four rounds from his service weapon.

– Taylor graduated from Mansfield Summit High School last year and was listed on Angelo State University’s roster as a 5-foot-9-inch, 180-pound defensive back.

Taylor, who was unarmed, was declared dead at the scene, police said. He completed that sentence and the case was dismissed. “The Arlington Police Department is saddened by this loss of life and will provide the community a clear and transparent investigation”.

This photo provided by Angelo State University shows Christian… The medical examiner ruled Taylor’s death a homicide and said he had gunshot wounds to the neck, chest and abdomen, according to online records.

“You know, it could have been too much drinking, he could have been wrong place at the wrong time, he could have gotten something and he didn’t know what he was getting”, Adrian Taylor said.